NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 29, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, e, n, o, u |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 45 words |
| Total Points | 189 points |
| Genius Level | 132 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 10 |
| D | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 12 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| K | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| N | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| U | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | Σ | 21 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 45 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CO×7 CU×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×4 DO×2 DU×6 |
| E | EK×1 |
| K | KE×4 KN×4 KO×1 KU×1 |
| N | NE×2 NO×3 NU×2 |
| O | |
| U | UN×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | COC×2 COK×1 CON×2 COO×2 CUC×2 CUK×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×2 DEK×2 DOC×2 DUC×2 DUK×2 DUN×2 |
| E | EKE×1 |
| K | KEE×2 KEN×2 KNE×2 KNO×2 KOO×1 KUD×1 |
| N | NEC×2 NOC×2 NOO×1 NUK×2 |
| O | |
| U | UNC×3 UND×2 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| un...... † | UN8 | Not cocked |
| un...... † | UN8 | Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked. |
| un...... † | UN8 | simple past and past participle of undock |
| co.. | CO4 | A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon. |
| co.... | CO6 | drunk |
| co.. | CO4 | Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. |
| co.. | CO4 | The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk. |
| co.... | CO6 | simple past and past participle of conk |
| co.. | CO4 | A person who prepares food. |
| co.... | CO6 | Of food, that has been prepared by cooking. |
| cu.... | CU6 | Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call. |
| cu...... | CU8 | simple past and past participle of cuckoo |
| cu.. | CU4 | A cucumber. |
| de.. | DE4 | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deck |
| de.. | DE4 | A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman. |
| de... | DE5 | simple past tense and past participle of deke |
| do.. | DO4 | Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash. |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of dock |
| du.. | DU4 | To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past tense and past participle of duck |
| du.. | DU4 | The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess). |
| du... | DU5 | simple past and past participle of duke |
| du.. | DU4 | To submerge briefly in a liquid. |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past tense and past participle of dunk |
| ek.. | EK4 | simple past tense and past participle of eke |
| ke.. | KE4 | Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. |
| ke.... | KE6 | simple past tense and past participle of keen |
| ke... | KE5 | A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo. |
| ke.. | KE4 | A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. |
| kn.. | KN4 | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| kn... | KN5 | Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees. |
| kn... | KN5 | An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. |
| kn..... | KN7 | simple past and past participle of knock |
| ko.. | KO4 | An eccentric, strange or crazy person. |
| ku.. | KU4 | A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu). |
| ne.. | NE4 | The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. |
| ne.... | NE6 | Having some specific type of neck |
| no.. | NO4 | Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring. |
| no.... | NO6 | simple past and past participle of nock |
| no.. | NO4 | A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. |
| nu.. | NU4 | A nuclear weapon. |
| nu... | NU5 | simple past tense and past participle of nuke |
| un.... | UN6 | To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape). |
| un.... | UN6 | To remove (a ship) from a dock. To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- uncocked† (UN8)
- uncooked† (UN8)
- undocked† (UN8)
- cock (CO4)
- cocked (CO6)
- coke (CO4)
- conk (CO4)
- conked (CO6)
- cook (CO4)
- cooked (CO6)
- cuckoo (CU6)
- cuckooed (CU8)
- cuke (CU4)
- deck (DE4)
- decked (DE6)
- deke (DE4)
- deked (DE5)
- dock (DO4)
- docked (DO6)
- duck (DU4)
- ducked (DU6)
- duke (DU4)
- duked (DU5)
- dunk (DU4)
- dunked (DU6)
- eked (EK4)
- keen (KE4)
- keened (KE6)
- kendo (KE5)
- keno (KE4)
- knee (KN4)
- kneed (KN5)
- knock (KN5)
- knocked (KN7)
- kook (KO4)
- kudu (KU4)
- neck (NE4)
- necked (NE6)
- nock (NO4)
- nocked (NO6)
- nook (NO4)
- nuke (NU4)
- nuked (NU5)
- uncock (UN6)
- undock (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- uncocked† (adjective): Not cocked
- uncooked† (adjective): Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked.
- undocked† (verb): simple past and past participle of undock
- cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
- cocked (adjective): drunk
- coke (noun): Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
- conk (noun): The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
- conked (verb): simple past and past participle of conk
- cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
- cooked (adjective): Of food, that has been prepared by cooking.
- cuckoo (noun): Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
- cuckooed (verb): simple past and past participle of cuckoo
- cuke (noun): A cucumber.
- deck (noun): Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- decked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deck
- deke (noun): A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
- deked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deke
- dock (noun): Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- docked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dock
- duck (verb): To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- ducked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duck
- duke (noun): The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
- duked (verb): simple past and past participle of duke
- dunk (verb): To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- dunked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dunk
- eked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eke
- keen (adjective): Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- keened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of keen
- kendo (noun): A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.
- keno (noun): A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
- knee (noun): In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- kneed (adjective): Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
- knock (noun): An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- knocked (verb): simple past and past participle of knock
- kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- kudu (noun): A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).
- neck (noun): The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- necked (adjective): Having some specific type of neck
- nock (noun): Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- nocked (verb): simple past and past participle of nock
- nook (noun): A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- nuke (noun): A nuclear weapon.
- nuked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of nuke
- uncock (verb): To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).
- undock (verb): To remove (a ship) from a dock. To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power